Disney+ is increasingly becoming a place for rediscovering movies and finding new ones. On that note, one of the more underrated entries in Jim Carrey’s back catalogue, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, is now available on the streaming service.
The film features divorced real estate entrepreneur Tom Popper attempting to attain a promotion by securing the sale of a Central Park restaurant, the area’s sole privately-owned building, only to have his life invaded by a band of penguins left to him by his late father, an explorer who was rarely present during his childhood. Initially attempting to get rid of the unwanted interlopers, he’s forced to keep them when his young son mistakes them for a birthday present, swiftly making up for his frequently forgetting the day in the past. Of course, his attempts to keep his new roommates contained frequently fail, whereupon, to borrow a turn of phrase,...
The film features divorced real estate entrepreneur Tom Popper attempting to attain a promotion by securing the sale of a Central Park restaurant, the area’s sole privately-owned building, only to have his life invaded by a band of penguins left to him by his late father, an explorer who was rarely present during his childhood. Initially attempting to get rid of the unwanted interlopers, he’s forced to keep them when his young son mistakes them for a birthday present, swiftly making up for his frequently forgetting the day in the past. Of course, his attempts to keep his new roommates contained frequently fail, whereupon, to borrow a turn of phrase,...
- 1/4/2021
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
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